Impact of the special issues in sport management and sociology journals

Figures & data

Table 1. Average evolution of the impact of the SIs depending on their year of publication – “raw” analysis.

	SIs	t	t+1	t+2	t+3	Average
2014	23	0.3	1.1	2.5	4.4	2.0
2015	22	0.5	1.9	3.9	6.4	3.1
2016	17	0.4	1.5	3.3	5.5	2.6
2017	29	0.4	1.5	3.3	5.6	2.4
2018	31	0.3	1.5	3.8		1.8
2019	27	0.5	2.1			1.2
2020	31	0.5				0.5
Average	25.7	0.4	1.6	3.4	5.5	2.1

Table 2. Evolution of the impact of the top 14 SIs – “raw” analysis.

	Articles	t	t+1	t+2	t+3	Average	Weighted average
JSSI 2015	4	0.5	4.0	10.3	18.0	8.2	0.32
JSM 2017	6	0.7	4.2	8.2	17.8	7.7	0.31
SES 2015a	7	1.4	4.4	9.0	14.7	7.4	0.20
SMR 2015	11	1.5	4.6	8.9	13.5	7.1	0.45
ESMQ 2017a	3	2.0	4.7	8.3	13.3	7.1	0.16
IJSPP 2016	8	2.1	5.3	8.8	11.3	6.8	0.34
ESMQ 2017b	2	0.5	5.0	9.5	12.0	6.8	0.10
SES 2015b	8	2.8	4.5	8.4	10.5	6.5	0.21
SiS 2017a	10	2.3	4.1	6.9	12.2	6.4	0.13
IJSPP 2017	5	0.2	2.2	7.2	15.4	6.3	0.18
JST 2017	4	1.5	4.3	6.5	9.8	5.5	0.39
SMR 2017	12	1.8	3.3	5.9	10.0	5.2	0.32
JST 2018	5	1.4	4.6	9.4		5.1	0.43
JSSI 2014	4	1.0	2.3	5.5	11.3	5.0	0.20

Table 3. Evolution of the impact of the 21 key themes – “raw” analysis.

	SIs	t	t+1	t+2	t+3	Average
1 – Globalization	28	0.3	1.5	3.8	6.6	1.8
2 – Impacts / Legacy of Mega Sports Events	14	0.3	1.2	3.1	5.6	2.1
3 – Austerity	2	0.6	3.2	5.6	12.0	3.6
4 – Development and Peace / Citizenship / Diplomacy / Nationalism / Racism	11	0.9	2.0	4.3	6.4	3.2
5 – Health and Wellbeing / Doping	19	0.8	2.5	4.6	6.9	3.0
6 – Sport Policy and Politics: Others / Broader	12	0.7	2.3	4.7	9.6	3.0
7 – Governance / Corruption / Integrity / Reputation	11	0.6	1.4	2.3	3.7	1.5
8 – Corporate Social Responsibility / Sustainability	8	0.4	2.1	4.0	6.2	2.0
9 – New Media	9	0.3	1.0	2.7	4.6	1.3
10 – Innovation / Knowledge Creation / New Organisations and Environment	9	0.8	1.5	3.5	8.9	2.6
11 – (Social) Entrepreneurship / Leadership / Value Co-Creation / Coopetition / Networks	11	0.1	1.4	3.3	6.1	2.0
12 – Performance / Multiple Objectives / Key Success Factors	5	0.2	1.3	3.0	2.7	1.7
13 – Youth	6	0.8	2.1	4.0	5.8	2.8
14 – Females / Gender	11	0.3	1.4	3.2	3.8	1.9
15 – Other Overlooked and / or Specific Publics	25	0.5	1.7	3.7	6.5	2.6
16 – Overlooked Sports	9	0.7	2.1	4.1	1.8	2.1
17 – Overlooked States	12	0.4	2.3	5.4	9.3	2.4
18 – Overlooked Events	3	0.7	3.4	8.1	9.6	3.9
19 – Research, Education, Practice and Impact	40	0.4	1.6	3.4	6.1	2.0
20 – Uniqueness of Sport (including History / Branding)	32	0.2	0.8	1.6	2.6	1.0
21 – External Recognition / Sport and Other Sectors	5	0.2	1.1			0.4

Table 4. Average evolution of the impact of the SIs depending on their year of publication – “relative” analysis.

	SIs	t	t+1	t+2	t+3	Average
2014	23	0.21	0.64	1.50	2.68	1.24
2015	22	0.24	0.96	1.78	2.92	1.55
2016	17	0.20	0.72	1.83	2.60	1.28
2017	29	0.42	1.34	1.93	2.52	1.44
2018	31	0.24	1.28	2.52		1.09
2019	27	0.32	1.09			0.64
2020	31	0.23				0.23
Average	25.7	0.27	1.06	1.95	2.66	1.18

Table 5. Evolution of the impact of the top 14 SIs – “relative” analysis.

	Articles	t	t+1	t+2	t+3	Average	Average contribution to journal CiteScore
IJSMM 2015	4	0.00	1.84	5.52	9.38	4.18	19%
SiS 2017a	10	1.55	2.87	4.95	6.60	3.99	8%
S&S 2014	9	0.31	1.95	4.75	8.20	3.80	12%
JSSI 2015	4	0.24	1.85	3.98	8.20	3.57	11%
IJSC 2018	5	0.00	4.00	5.63		3.21	21%
SiS 2014	9	1.53	2.01	4.10	4.82	3.11	7%
SiS 2015	8	0.51	2.86	3.67	5.02	3.01	6%
C&S 2015	5			2.80	3.01	2.91	14%
SMQ 2017	5		4.88	1.95	1.64	2.82	25%
EJSS 2016	3			3.05	2.41	2.73	10%
IJSPP 2016	8	0.84	2.15	3.39	4.50	2.72	12%
JST 2017	4	1.08	3.00	2.36	3.86	2.58	16%
SiS 2017b	9	1.34	2.29	2.90	3.03	2.39	4%
IJSPP 2017	5	0.07	0.75	2.56	5.99	2.34	6%

Notes: CiteScores are not available in 2015 and 2016 for C&S, and in 2016 and 2017 for EJSS. This gives the SIs published by these journals a competitive advantage since only their “best” years are included in the calculation of their average impact. Besides, the CiteScore was 0 for SMQ in 2017, i.e. none cite. Since it is not possible to divide by 0, there is no value displayed for SMQ 2017 in t. If replaced by 0, the average for SMQ 2017 becomes 2.12 (20th instead of 9th overall).

Table 6. Evolution of the impact of the 21 key themes – “relative” analysis.

	SIs	t	t+1	t+2	t+3	Average
1 – Globalization	28	0.22	0.90	2.23	3.12	1.04
2 – Impacts / Legacy of Mega Sports Events	14	0.20	0.92	2.22	2.89	1.30
3 – Austerity	2	0.19	1.06	1.99	3.03	1.17
4 – Development and Peace / Citizenship / Diplomacy / Nationalism / Racism	11	0.55	1.18	2.80	3.99	2.07
5 – Health and Wellbeing / Doping	18	0.28	0.95	1.89	2.97	1.21
6 – Sport Policy and Politics: Others / Broader	12	0.35	1.06	1.75	3.82	1.23
7 – Governance / Corruption / Integrity / Reputation	11	0.20	0.85	1.37	2.34	0.86
8 – Corporate Social Responsibility / Sustainability	8	0.20	1.03	2.86	5.04	1.30
9 – New Media	9	0.46	1.65	2.55	3.93	1.44
10 – Innovation / Knowledge Creation / New Organisations and Environment	9	0.41	0.94	1.32	2.93	1.07
11 – (Social) Entrepreneurship / Leadership / Value Co-Creation / Coopetition / Networks	11	0.07	1.93	1.57	2.45	1.23
12 – Performance / Multiple Objectives / Key Success Factors	5	0.20	0.80	1.64	2.52	1.12
13 – Youth	6	0.40	1.57	2.96	3.84	1.97
14 – Females / Gender	10	0.23	0.90	1.62	2.73	1.16
15 – Other Overlooked and / or Specific Publics	25	0.24	0.85	1.75	2.90	1.21
16 – Overlooked Sports	9	0.40	0.88	1.86	0.94	0.97
17 – Overlooked States	12	0.16	0.83	2.39	2.77	0.86
18 – Overlooked Events	3	0.40	1.22	3.24	3.11	1.53
19 – Research, Education, Practice and Impact	39	0.28	0.79	1.64	2.51	0.97
20 – Uniqueness of Sport (including its History / Branding)	32	0.15	1.01	1.17	1.92	0.90
21 – External Recognition / Sport and Other Sectors	5	0.11	0.52			0.23

Table

Acronym	Full name	Discipline
APJSSS	Asia Pacific Journal of Sport and Social Science (not existing anymore)	Sociology
CSSM	Case Studies in Sport Management	Management
C&S	Communication and Sport	Communication / Media
EJSS	European Journal for Sport and Society	Sociology
ESMQ	European Sport Management Quarterly	Management
HJSEL	Harvard Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law	Law
IJSC	International Journal of Sport Communication	Communication / Media
IJSMM	International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing	Management
IJSPP	International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics	Policy
IJSMS	International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship	Marketing
IRSS	International Review for the Sociology of Sport	Sociology
ISS	International Sports Studies	Sociology
JASM	Journal of Applied Sport Management	Management
JGSM	Journal of Global Sport Management	Management
JHLSTE	Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education	Management
JLAS	Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport	Law
JQAS	Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sport	Analytics
JSSI	Journal of Sport and Social Issues	Sociology
JST	Journal of Sport and Tourism	Management
JSFD	Journal of Sport For Development	Development
JSM	Journal of Sport Management	Management
JSE	Journal of Sports Economics	Economics / Finance
JSsM	Journal of Sports Media	Communication / Media
MSL	Managing Sport and Leisure	Management
MSLR	Marquette Sports Law Review	Law
PCS	Physical Culture and Sport: Studies and Research	Sociology
S&S	Soccer & Society	Sociology
SSJ	Sociology of Sport Journal	Sociology
SBM	Sport, Business and Management	Management
SES	Sport, Education and Society	Sociology
SiS	Sport in Society	Sociology
SMEJ	Sport Management Education Journal	Management
SMR	Sport Management Review	Management
SMQ	Sport Marketing Quarterly	Marketing